Sighting for August 3, 2012

Jean Gutsmuth, Chris Herz, Dave Amadio

Chesapeake Farms Agricultural & Wildlife Management Demonstration Area, Chestertown, MD
Kent County, MD

Observations made between 4 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. We observed a Viceroy/Red-spotted Purple Hybrid courting what appeared to be a normal Red-spotted Purple.

  • Zebra Swallowtail 4
  • Black Swallowtail 3
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 7
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 12
  • Cabbage White 3
  • Clouded Sulphur 5
  • Orange Sulphur 7
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 11
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 60
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 6
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Pearl Crescent 28
  • Question Mark 1
  • Red Admiral 5
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 6
  • Viceroy 4
  • Monarch 12
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 5
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Sachem 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 11